Amasyalıdır. Esbak surre-i hümâyûn emîni el-Hâc Mustafa Ağa bin el-Hâc Ebûbekir Ağa’nın oğludur. İstanbul’da yeniçeri ocağında altıncı bölükte mukayyed yeniçeri olup “Altıncı Ahmed Ağa” diye meşhûr oldu. Rusya harbinde yararlık gösterip Ağa dâiresinde çavuş, 1207’de muhzır ağalığı ile katara dâhil oldu. 1212’de zağarcıbaşılıktan kul kethüdâsı olarak temâyüz etdiyse de 1213’de yeniçeri ağası ile beraber azledilip [702] Amasya’ya gönderildi.
1214’de me’zûnen Hicâz’a gidip 1215’de meclis-i a’yâna a’zâ olarak yeniçerilerin mercî’i kesildi. 1217’de Amasya mütesellimi Caniklizâde Hasan Bey’in azl ve inhâsıyla kaldırılıp Tokat’a gönderildi. Orada vefât etdi. Birâderi es-Seyyid Ebûbekir Ağa’dır.
In Modern English
He was from Amasya. He is the son of Hacı Mustafa Ağa bin Hacı Ebûbekir Ağa, former surre-i hümâyûn emini. He was a Janissary registered in the sixth company of the Janissary corps in Istanbul and became known as "Altıncı Ahmed Ağa." He showed valor in the Russian war, became çavuş in the ağa's quarters, and in 1207 entered the line (katar) as muhzır ağası. In 1212 he came to the fore as kul kethüdası from the post of zağarcıbaşı, but in 1213 he was dismissed together with the Janissary ağa and sent to Amasya.
In 1214 he went to the Hejaz with permission, and in 1215, as a member of the ayan council, he became the point of appeal for the Janissaries. In 1217, upon the dismissal and report of the mütesellim of Amasya, Caniklizâde Hasan Bey, he was removed and sent to Tokat. He died there. His brother is Seyyid Ebûbekir Ağa.
Notes and Research
Old Words in the Text
- surre-i hümâyûn emini: the official in charge of the state aid (surre) sent to Mecca and Medina
- muhzır ağası: an aghaship in the Janissary corps; its details were not researched
- zağarcıbaşı: a rank in the Janissary corps; its details were not researched
- kul kethüdâsı: one of the senior posts in the Janissary corps; its details were not researched
- katar: line, row
- mütesellim: deputy in the administration of a sanjak or livâ, tax collector
- azl ve inhâ: dismissal and reporting the matter to the higher authority
- me'zûnen: with permission
An Amasya Man of Janissary Origin
Since the man's father was surre emini, the family took part in a line of service connected with the Hejaz; the son too went to the Hejaz with permission in 1214. According to the text, in 1215 he entered the ayan council and became the point of appeal for the Janissaries, and two years later, on the report of the mütesellim of Amasya, Caniklizâde Hasan Bey, he was removed and sent to Tokat. According to the sources, the mütesellim is the local official who collected taxes as deputy of the sanjak bey, and in the eighteenth century this post was mostly concentrated in the hands of local dynasties. The event in the entry can be read as an example of the balance of power between a man of Janissary origin who came from Istanbul and the local mütesellim; this interpretation is not in the text itself, and merely connects it with information about the mütesellimship.
The hijri year 1207 corresponds to about 1792-93, and the year 1217 to about 1802-03. No information was found in other sources on this person.
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